/tags/deschutes-county Deschutes County en-US Copyright Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:50:50 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2023-07-14/unhoused-residents-sue-bend-officials-over-proposed-clearing-of-camps The lawsuit comes four days before the city of Bend is slated to start removing dozens of people from the encampments. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:50:50 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2023-07-14/unhoused-residents-sue-bend-officials-over-proposed-clearing-of-camps Joni Land /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-29/environmental-regulators-to-test-well-water-for-contaminants-in-central-oregon The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will be offering free well testing in Deschutes County next year to collect more data for a statewide groundwater contamination study. Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:56:36 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-29/environmental-regulators-to-test-well-water-for-contaminants-in-central-oregon Monica Samayoa /law-and-justice/2022-09-02/hard-to-say-if-a-gun-measure-on-oregons-fall-ballot-would-have-prevented-bend-shooting Measure 114 calls for a completed background check, completion of a gun safety course and a ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Would it have prevented last weekend's tragedy at a supermarket in Bend? Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:02:22 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-09-02/hard-to-say-if-a-gun-measure-on-oregons-fall-ballot-would-have-prevented-bend-shooting Lillian Mongeau Hughes /wildlife/2022-07-18/oregon-wildlife-officials-kill-cougar-in-deschutes-county An Oregon wildlife official shot and killed a cougar Sunday after the animal attracted the gunfire of armed residents in a neighborhood south of Bend. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:25:14 GMT /wildlife/2022-07-18/oregon-wildlife-officials-kill-cougar-in-deschutes-county Emily Cureton